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Raising ‘Em Lao: Letting Your Biracial Kids Dance With The Other Culture
Perhaps the biggest perk of being raised bi-culturally is that it is double the fun. Lao culture has a strong footing in how I would like to raise the -Noys to experience the world but lest us not...
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That Damn Children’s Book That Made Us Cry But Not From Reading It
For three years since we were gifted a children’s book by a dear friend, GH and I had never been able to end the reading with dry eyes. For me, I blamed it on hormones— pregnancy, breastfeeding, or my...
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When You Miss A Breastfeeding Session or Two
I did what any breastfeeding mom going back to work would do: get an expensive breast pump with full intention of using that expensive breast pump. When Lanoy was 10 months old, I went to my first day...
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View From Down There: The Back and The Buggy
When you Google the terms “kid photography,” do not be surprised when you see a bunch of images of kids and not photographs by kids: a kid-kid photographer, who takes photographs. I keep track of my...
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Little Miss Laotian Royalty
I’d like everyone to meet Prin– no, Queen Lanoy. follow blog on the sidebarFiled under: Family Misadventures Tagged: family, humor blog, kids, lao, laotian, meme, mom blog, motherhood, parenting
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Laotian Entertainment: Family Movie Night w/ “How to Train You Dragon 2″&...
I can’t tell if motherhood has really screwed me over (more than it has) or if family movies have really stepped up their emo game. I have cried at commercials, sure, but an animated, action-adventure...
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Lao Women Make It Look Sew Easy: My First-World Handicraft Fail
My Lao homies over in the motherland are weaving gorgeous tapestries and works of silk-woven art and I’m over here struggling with a straight stitch on my sewing machine. Did you know that the...
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What Should I Do If I Leave The Worst Tip Possible? {POLL}
The day’s perk I looked most forward to was definitely hitting up Denny’s for my free Grand Slam Breakfast. I also realized my birthday fell on Denny’s “Kids Eat Free” day and I called, confirmed it...
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Season 5 ‘Archer’ Invasion: 6 Things You Need To Know To Appreciate Laos and...
Just two episodes into the 5th season, FX’s Archer still got me locked in. The spy animation comedy did the normal run with forever favorite one-liners and crazy longing for Super Agents Sterling...
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My Lao Village: 20 People Who Helped Me Survive A(nother) Year of Parenting
Lao-Americans celebrate everything and I mean everything basically the same way: with Lao food, with alcohol, and with an entire community. If you’re an outsider, you would not be able to tell apart if...
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